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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
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My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.
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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
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Father I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.
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